McCain canceled an interview with Larry King after this exchange between McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, and CNN's Campbell Brown.
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CNN: Explain to us why you think Governor Palin is ready to be commander in chief.
Tucker Bounds: Governor Palin has the good fortune of being on the ticket with John McCain, who there is no question is the most experienced and shown proven judgement on the international stage, he understands foreign affairs, he...
CNN: (interjects) We know all that about John McCain Tucker, I asked you about her though because we all know the role of the VP, as John McCain has defined it, is to be able to step into the job of the Presidency on day 1 if something should happen to the President, so I'm asking you about her foreign policy experience.
Bounds: Certainly there are a number of people that are supporting Barack Obama's candidacy and feel like he's experienced enough to take on the oval office, our feeling is that Governor Palin has just as much experience as Barack Obama.
CNN: But you set a different standard by arguing how important it was with John McCain, and no ones arguing with you that he has much more experience than Barack Obama, so I'm just trying to get someone from the campaign to explain to me what foreign policy experience she has and what qualifications she has that would allow her to be ready to be commander in chief if something should happen to Senator McCain.
Bounds: ...I don't think there should be any problem explaining her experience, she has executive state level experience, she has been in public office reforming Washington, she's been in executive office, longer and in a more effective sense, than Barack Obama's been in the United States Senate. She's been the commander of the National Guard of Alaska... National Guard, thats been deployed overseas, thats foreign policy experience.
CNN: ...Can you just tell me one decision she made as Commander in Chief of the Alaskan National Guard, just one?